[Oe List ...] FW: "The Singing Revolution" - In over 60 cities and more to come!

Thu Jun 5 12:21:57 EDT 2008

Hi Lynda,

Thank your efforts to tell us all about this film. Thank you for your
beautiful spirit and good energy.  I have not yet seen it but will when the
opportunity avails itself.

The whole story and drama of it touches me personally.  Of course  I was
raised in the  U S by a mother who intended that I live in a completely
different place.  Her dream was that I would go to Riga. And 0f course, it
was an impossible dream since it took over 50 years for the iron curtain to
fall.

I am a grandfather today but as a child I never met my grandparents.  They
were victims of the "Red Train" and the gulags. My own dad was on a death
list and my mom and dad narrowly escaped arrest, torture and eventual death.
I heard the unbelievable beautiful stories of how our Baltic people held
hands across three nations Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia symbolizing that it
was time for a change.  All three countries have their singing tradition and
participated in what now was called The Singing Revolution.  A change of
regime without the blood bath.

I cried when Yeltson got on a tank and asked the Russian soldiers not to
shoot people.  I was also moved to tears when Latvian grandmothers walked up
to armed Soviet troops and gave them flowers, saying, "I love you. All we
want is freedom."

Now, over a decade ago when I visited Riga, I saw the bullet holes where
Russian troops opened fire on buildings and their occupants.  Thankfully,
the eventual cool heads prevailed and suggested this is a war that could not
be won and the "battle" was not worth winning.

I visited a site at an intersection where the trains stopped.  People had
driven short pieces of rail into the ground.  Each rail had painted on it a
destination of a gulag in Siberia.  This intersection was where people were
herded off of trucks and forced into cattle cars to be taken to
concentration camps.

I could not stop crying.  My tears seemed to have no end.

Ed

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Lynda Cock <llc860 at triad.rr.com> wrote:

>  See if your city is listed.  Be sure to watch the 5 minute trailer.  We
> are planning to drive to Cary, NC to see this amazing sounding film.  They
> are holding it over for another week in Cary  because of the response.
> Lynda Cock
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* maureen at singingrevolution.com [mailto:
> maureen_singingrevolution.com at mail.vresp.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 02, 2008 4:11 PM
> *To:* llc860 at triad.rr.com
> *Subject:* "The Singing Revolution" – In over 60 cities and more to come!
>
>  Dear Friends,
>
> IT'S WORKING!  Thank you for continuing to spread the word about *The
> Singing Revolution*.  The film has been embraced in over 60 cities in the
> U.S. and Canada so far, with more theaters coming soon.  Last fall we
> thought the theatrical run might go through April or May, but the film is
> still being booked into August!  Theaters are seeing the fantastic, steady
> results in each city we've opened in so far, and are now contacting *us*to book the film.  Word of mouth is
> *how* it's happening, but the power of this remarkable story is *why* it's
> happening.  Please help us keep the momentum going.
>
> We're also excited that the film will be playing in *Riga, Latvia *in June
> & July.  Full European distribution is in the works and will follow the
> North American theatrcial run.
>
> Below are the latest theaters the film is opening in, and more are being
> booked each week… Details are available on the website:
> www.singingrevolution.com<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MountainViewProducti/1ad1be8f07/48ca86d0ae/4ea4ceeaf2/utm_campaign=%E2%80%9CThe%20Singing%20Revolution%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%93%20In%20over%2060%20cities%20and%20more%20to%20come%21&utm_content=27455&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=www%2Esingingrevolution%2Ecom>.
> And please continue to get your friends to sign up on our website.  That's
> the best way to hear about the new theater openings, and also to hear about
> the DVD release when it comes out after the theatrical run is complete….
>
> *NOW CURRENTLY PLAYING IN:*
>
> Abbotsford, BC Canada (now playing)
> Baltimore, MD (now playing)
> Cary, NC (now playing)
> Ocean, NJ (now playing)
> Santa Fe, NM (now playing)
> Victoria, BC Canada (now playing, again!)
>
> *OPENING SOON IN: *
>
> Atlanta, GA (opens 6/20-6/26)
> Austin, TX (opens 6/27-7/3)
> Bellingham, WA (opens 6/13-6/19)
> Boston (Cambridge), MA  (opens 6/6-6/12)
> Calgary, AB Canada (opens 6/20-6/26)
> Cape May, NJ (opens 6/20-6/26)
> Cincinnati (Southgate, KY), OH  (playing 6/24-6/26)
> Dallas, TX (opens 6/13-6/19)
> Edmonton, AB Canada (opens 6/20-6/26)
> Hartford, CT (opens 6/11-6/17)
> Houston, TX (opens 6/13-6/19)
> Hudson, NY (playing 6/5-6/8)
> Las Vegas, NV (opens 7/18-7/24)
> Minneapolis, MN (opens 6/27-7/3)
> Mt. Vernon, WA (opens 7/18-7/22)
> Newport, RI (playing 6/10-6/12)
> Ottawa, ON Canada (opens 7/11-7/14)
> Overland Park (Kansas City), KS (opens 8/1-8/7)
> Palm Desert, CA (opens 6/27-7/3)
> Pittsfield, MA (plays 7/17)
> Riga, Latvia (opens 6/14-7/4)
> Sacramento, CA (opens 7/18-7/24)
> Sag Harbor, NY (opens 6/27-7/3)
> St. Louis (Frontenac), MO (opens 6/6-6/12)
> San Diego, CA (opens 7/11-7/17)
> Vancouver, BC Canada (opens again 6/6-6/12)
> Waterloo, ON Canada (7/18-7/22)
> Waterville, ME (opens 6/20-6/26)
> Williamstown, MA (plays 7/7)
> Winnipeg, MB Canada (opens 6/13-6/19)
>
>  Thank you for helping us share this uplifting story of peace & freedom.
>
> Maureen and James Tusty
> Producers/Directors of *The Singing Revolution*
> www.singingrevolution.com<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MountainViewProducti/1ad1be8f07/48ca86d0ae/97fb9eaa6e/utm_campaign=%E2%80%9CThe%20Singing%20Revolution%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%93%20In%20over%2060%20cities%20and%20more%20to%20come%21&utm_content=27455&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=www%2Esingingrevolution%2Ecom>
>
> PS – It's proving physically impossible to keep up with the volume of
> emails we receive regarding the film.  Please know that each email is read,
> and timely or urgent ones are responded to as quickly as possible.
> Ultimately we are trying to respond to all, but there are hundreds backed up
> and we're trying to come up with a system to better handle it.  When someone
> writes a personal note about what the film meant to them, or how their
> grandfather died in a Soviet gulag and now they understand so much more of
> his life, it just doesn't seem right to hand that off to an intern to reply
> to it.   Please know that we're doing our best to keep up with it.
> m & j
>
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